Report of two cases of rasburicase-induced methemoglobinemia [2]

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2648-2650

  Kizer, Nora ^a   Martinez, Emily ^a   Powell, Matthew ^a  

^a BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; CEFEPIME; CISPLATIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CREATININE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DAPSONE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; METHEMOGLOBIN; METHYLENE BLUE; OXYGEN; OXYHEMOGLOBIN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; PRIMAQUINE; RASBURICASE; URIC ACID; VANCOMYCIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ARTERIAL GAS; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FACE MASK; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERPHOSPHATEMIA; HYPERURICEMIA; HYPOCALCEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LETTER; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALAISE; MALE; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN TENSION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PH; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; TUMOR LYSIS SYNDROME;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; HUMANS; HYPERURICEMIA; LYMPHOMA, AIDS-RELATED; LYMPHOMA, LARGE-CELL; MALE; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; PRODUCT SURVEILLANCE, POSTMARKETING; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LYSIS SYNDROME; URATE OXIDASE; URIC ACID;

EID: 33845584080     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: 10292403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10428190600967204     Document Type: Letter

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